Digg - The Secret to Making it to the Front Page of Digg

Digg happens to be one of the biggest social networking sites there is today, which not only allows it's members to submit content but also participate in a voting system where they have the power to vote up or bury a story. A vote is a big plus since the story which has the most number of votes lands in the front page and will obviously drive a number of visitors to the link where the story is sourced from. Because of this, several Internet marketers are committing the mistake of having their stories buried and even their accounts banned when they try to submit stories which actually violates the TOS.

If you are an Internet marketer, then you need to learn the secret to making it to the front page of digg:

1. Never spam. They hate spammers and the moment you break their TOS, you can get your account banned, your IP address banned and worst, get your url banned forever. So before you even start making your first post, read the TOS thoroughly and never attempt to violate it. Just so you know, they are very strict at implementing their TOS.

2. Use a very eye-catching title. The title itself will drive people to read your story if it catches their attention. You may want to browse the stories in the front page and read the title of the stories that made it to the top to get an idea of what a good title must be.

3. Submit a worthy content. They accept everything from news, stories, blog entries, odd stories, pictures and videos. A short but interesting write-up is what you need to drive the interest of people to read your entry. Writing about something that will benefit people is often the key to produce a popular story.  This is a form of social marketing that most internet marketers do in digg.

4. Get some of your friends to vote for your story. Ask them to register if they are not members yet. Voting is not available for those who are not logged in to their accounts. The more votes you get, the more your story moves up and may land in the first page. If the story that you submitted does not get enough votes, it gets sent to the homepage. If it gets buried more than it gets voted, the story automatically disappears.

5. Do not forget to install the button. You can get this button in the tools section. Having a button placed in your site or blog will inform the readers that you have written a story about it and will make the voting for the story easier for them to do.

Getting your story to the front page of digg may not be an easy process, while getting you kicked from their network can happen in as fast as two minutes if you do not know what you are doing. Avoid getting kicked and use this powerful networking site to your advantage by simply following the steps mentioned above.